That's right, if you're not a Montanan and you should suddenly find yourself in "Big Sky Country" somehow (like you were abducted by aliens during a ride, probed anally, and then unceremoniously dumped there by the Grays) you'd better have a "nonresident invasive species decal" on your bike or there's gonna be trouble:New section. Section 4. Nonresident invasive species bicycle decal.1. an invasive species decal must be affixed in a conspicuous place to each bicycle that is brought into and used in montana by a nonresident. A nonresident may not use or give permission for the use of a bicycle the nonresident brought into the state on which an invasive species decal is not affixed.2. an invasive species decal must be purchased each calendar year for $25 at locations prescribed by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks. The decal is not transferable between bicycles.3. money collected by payment of fees under this section must be deposited in the invasive species account established in 80-7-1004.

“They’re some of the most self-centered, rude people navigating on the highways and county roads I’ve seen. They won’t move over. You can honk at them. They think they own the highway.”The Senate president also criticized cyclists by saying they use the road without paying a gas tax to support maintenance, and suggested cyclists over the age of 16 should pay a $25 tax.“They have this entitlement mentality, many of them, that we should just wait for them, and quite frankly I think that’s wrong. … Quite frankly I don’t want more of them in the state because there’s already too many of them as it is.”

Wow, what a shitbag. Good luck with your zebra mussels, asshole. I guess if I ever visit Montana I'll bring a big bag of the little fuckers (they're apparently invasive here too so finding some shouldn't be too hard) and flush them down Montana's only toilet.

"Welcome to Montana! Swim, my little lovelies!" BA-WOOSH!!!!

They're totally going to erect a statue of this guy in New South Wales.

Lastly, remember how last year I curated the Second Annual BSNYC Gran Fondon't?

Sure you do.

Well I'm pleased to announce there's roughly a 70% chance there will be another one this year. Moreover, there's also a 59% chance that prior to the Fondon't I'll curate some kind of Pre-Fondon't, and if I do that there's also a 40% chance I'll procure some sort of sponsor to buy us beer afterwards.

Just keep in mind that there's also a 75% chance that none of this will happen, which I realize defies the laws of mathematics, but you see I never was very good at math.

230. The more dangerous leftists, that is, those who are most power-hungry, are often characterized by arrogance or by a dogmatic approach to ideology. However, the most dangerous leftists of all may be certain oversocialized types who avoid irritating displays of aggressiveness and refrain from advertising their leftism, but work quietly and unobtrusively to promote collectivist values, “enlightened” psychological techniques for socializing children, dependence of the individual on the system, and so forth. These crypto- leftists (as we may call them) approximate certain bourgeois types as far as practical action is concerned, but differ from them in psychology, ideology and motivation. The ordinary bourgeois tries to bring people under control of the system in order to protect his way of life, or he does so simply because his attitudes are conventional. The crypto-leftist tries to bring people under control of the system because he is a True Believer in a collectivistic ideology. The crypto-leftist is differentiated from the average leftist of the oversocialized type by the fact that his rebellious impulse is weaker and he is more securely socialized. He is differentiated from the ordinary well-socialized bourgeois by the fact that there is some deep lack within him that makes it necessary for him to devote himself to a cause and immerse himself in a collectivity. And maybe his (well-sublimated) drive for power is stronger than that of the average bourgeois.

Someone will find a marketing opportunity in bikes that are invasive species resistant. I used to fish in felt-soled boots (fun for skating over hardwood floors and linoleum) but apparently they were impossible to purge of didymo (aka rock snot). Every fishing supplier guilted us out until we bought rubber-soled wading boots. Instead of an auto-lubing chain, there will be auto-disinfecting douches.

Ironic really that most states want Bicycles to obey the same laws as motor vehicles, Stop lights, Stop signs, Etc. Yet when Bicycle acts like motor vehicle, suddenly WE are the ones that are being selfish and self centered.

I'd really rather not, share the road with cars, BUT what choice do I have!? Mas

When this was first introduced I figured it was a fairly inspired jab by an anti-bike Senator. Out of state cyclists as an invasive species? Classic. No doubt communities around NYC might agree as the Freds flee the city on weekends. But then the Montana state passed it, and the joke became serious quite quickly, but please don't flush any mussel larvae down our toilet, it plugs up the outhouse. I'll loan you a bike instead.

The Montana Legislature just appropriated the funds to build a fourth flush toilet.

As Ed Norton used to say of the guy who designed the Paris Sewer System "Flume de Flush".

Snob, Enjoy your vacation in Montana, Custer loved his. Scott Sales's Great Grandpa was a member of the legislature in 1876, he complained bitterly about Custer's horses leaving piles of shit everywhere.

Fake Ted is Cluless. The unabomber manifesto is a meaningless, self contradictory, poorly written infantile tirade, which no one cares about. For example,the most total views for any Youtube video about the manifesto is ~7,000, most of them are in the hundreds, or even less. Popular videos of silly cats get this many views in an hour........ Music videos probably in a minute or second.

If the esteemed Senator Scott Sales believes that road-going cyclists have an "entitlement mentality" now... wait 'til he levies another tax! If I was paying a special tax to ride my bicycle, I'd ALWAYS take the lane!!

"Can't we all just get along?"- Rodney King, 20th-century statesman/philosopher

thanks, I will add that to my list of reasons not to visit Montana, #79 right after: #77. there are about 45,000 more interesting places I want to visit before I die and #78. Montana voted for Trump by a 20% margin, they must either be really fucking stupid or just hateful racists.

friggin Draconian ! How do they know if you're from out of state? How do these even figure into cycling? I would think that all the visiting fishermen/women bring more than a thousand cyclists. Hated Bozeman when I lived there. The police target out of state cars routinely. Who's being shellfish, not us!

As a current resident of Melbourne (the Australian one, not any of the others that bear the esteemed name - I'm looking at you Melbourne, Florida you posers) thanks for calling out our government for installing "...the world's narrowest bike lanes" in yesterdays post. It was clearly a case of 'do the job properly' which would have cost way too much or do just enough to piss off ALL road users. I guess the latter won.

In order to support my out of state MT helmentless bikecycle brethren I have asked the New South Wales government to consider a 'Montana Senate President Scott Sales' decal to be affixed to the bikecycle frame of any out of state bikecyclists bikecycles. Clearly he is an invasive human bean. Alternatively they could also be affixed to the front of their mandatory Australian standard compliant foam lid.

It's the least we could do to assist in removing Montana Senate President Scott Sales as an invasive human bean.

By the way - MT has just been added to my places to never visit again. It isn't a long or exhaustive list. The only other list member state is New South Wales...

Snob, you're no bird Fred - your photo is of an immature bald eagle. They don't get the white head and tail until they are around five years old. Until then they are varying degrees of mottled brown and white. Your welcome.

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